Publicity Manager

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW : Our partner's UK and Ireland Publicity department constantly strives to create and maintain a best-in-class position within the industry. The publicity team is tasked with strategically positioning, promoting but also protecting the launch of all of our titles.

overview of role: A key strategic role within the PR team in the UK and Ireland, we are looking for a candidate who has extensive experience in delivering premium, scripted TV PR campaigns. Our partner's UK & Ireland expect an exemplary candidate with 4+ years PR experience to:

• Support the Senior PR Manager to launch our new streaming platform in market and deliver a roster of premium TV PR campaigns.
• We are looking for a candidate who is hugely creative, embraces constant change and has demonstrable experience in delivering big PR campaigns for premium TV show releases.
• Have excellent digital, broadcast and print contacts and an understanding of the UK and Irish Media landscape with a celebrated track record in delivery of PR campaigns including junkets and tours across premium TV titles.
• Orchestrate content creator and tastemaker strategy with the Senior PR Manager.
• Continually expand conventional publicity opportunities, focusing on bigger ideas which will cut through in the marketplace alongside the Senior PR Manager and the Events department.
• Prior experience in running smaller events and activations, and ideating stunts, experiential is preferred.
• Run PR agencies from briefing, campaign work, asset breaks and reporting.
• Run and own multiple campaigns over several titles simultaneously.
• Communicate fluently with: The PR team and colleagues across the business including reporting directly into a Senior PR Manager Senior Executives in the UK, EMEA and the US in meetings, reporting, etc… Employed agencies to facilitate campaigns and deliver results over multiple projects simultaneously.
• The legal team as the main point of contact on contracting for assigned titles.
• Have experience in line managing direct reports and being an active support for the senior management on the team with staffing and team morale.
• Be a champion of innovation and change for the team identifying new opportunities for campaigns, process and the team.
• Drive cross divisional working over key titles with the Sport, Franchise, Film, Catalogue and Games teams and wider divisions.
• Drive one team approach over the full slate identifying opportunity and innovation.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 4+ years prior PR agency or inhouse premium, scripted TV experience working on UK and Ireland campaigns is essential. A strong communicator with a proven track record of delivering creative and engaging premium TV PR campaigns. Ability to multitask and manage the general day-to-day activities of a busy and fast paced press office. Exemplary media knowledge with a good network of journalists or contacts in the industry. Experience drafting PR plans and strategy, decks and documents. Extensive talent handling experience is a prerequisite.